Friday, July 19, 2024

123.6 (-1.4) - still losing. Now that I am in the middle of my preferred range I need to make a more concerted effort to eat more. As I have commented previously how weird is that to have to work at it? I have frequently been skipping breakfast because I am generally not hungry until lunchtime but perhaps I will add my morning eggs back.

So nice to be here in Florida again. It feels like a vacation. Though it is warm it actually isn't any more so than what we have had up north during this hot summer. The beach was quite pleasant yesterday with a nice breeze as long as we stayed under the umbrella. We may try a walk this morning since we are up early.

My kindle almost died yesterday and I was feeling panicked! The charging port seems to be breaking down but I was finally able to get a charger in very delicately and got it to 100%. Time to order a new one. I looked back at my history and can see that I usually need a new one every 5 years (I bought my current one in 2019). So it was time. Hopefully the charge will carry me until the new one arrives up north. I can't survive without something to read and I prefer to do it on my kindle.

We are going to put pictures back up today in the living room. Though there are a few final things to be done by the contractor, the decorations won't get in the way. DD's bachelorette party is here in just about a month so I am glad we can get it back in shape and clean prior to that.

Not much else going on. No specific plans for the evening though we will likely go out somewhere. I also want to get a couple of things from the grocery store at some point.

Have a fructuous Friday!

Liz, congrats on a very fulfilling and successful week on so many fronts!!!!!

I lost a pound this week. Not what I am used to, but I think my body is taking a little pause. I definitely "feel" smaller. So, I'm going with that.

My recent labs showed my non fasting cholesterol up about 30 points. I can live with that though, I'm still well under 200. My cholesterol was down to 130 something on the previous test. It's now 164. BUT, the doc didn't run my A1C, which I thought was the purpose of getting my labs done! UGH.... That is really the only number I cared about.

I decided to stay at my current dose of 10 mg for the next four weeks. Though I had some cravings the past two days, I'm chocking those up to emotional eating - placing Jiffy. Though I'm stoic, it is still really hard for me. They have sent me some videos and she is having a nice adjustment period, but clearly is still unsettled. Today Bug's littermate that we have been watching leaves. YAY!!!! We will be back down to our "core" pack. My twins, Lucky and Dottie turned 7 today. Time flies.... They are officially seniors and are considered veterans in the show world. DAMN!

Gotta get myself together. My brother and his dog arrive in a few minutes for grooming!

Scale up 0.4. We had pizza last night. My dad is feeling a bit better today. He gets super weak and wheezy with coughing. I guess he gets some fluid in his lungs when this happens.

I was up until 1am trying to get my new router to work! Grrrrrr. It's a hell of my own making. I was running to the barn gym to press a button that needed pressing within 2 minutes of starting a syncing process when I got a pop up asking if I wanted to update the firmware. I should have said no, because without the extenders (satellites) of the router connected to it, the firmware update just happened on the router and now it can't recognize the satellites because they have different firmware. Argh!! So the solution is to revert back to the old firmware except I have no idea what version they shipped with and they have 9 prior versions on their website. I emailed Netgear asking if there is a way to know which is the right one. Waiting to hear back.

Otherwise, today I am doing laundry, ran to the bank to do some board business, and might take a nap at some point. We're going to a celebration/party in memory of the friend I've mentioned in the past who was in a wheelchair who passed away in December.

Time to put in another load. Take care all.

I used to do all that tech stuff myself but I think I would hire someone to do it if I were in your shoes.

Greetings all

It's sunny again but with a nice breeze. Almost hot but not quite. DH had lunch with the guys and brought home most of it. Yay.

So I spent time at the studio today and made some new items. I really need to get more stuff to the gallery. Two things sold today. More should come out Monday. Plumbers truck was at the studio today which is always a bad sign. Just had stuff fixed. I did not inquire. Don't want to know.

Yes Liz I vote for new Kindle. A must for you! Just read something about a book called The Yellow House about a family in a poor part of New Orleans and their history. Sounded good. With all the house stuff you have earned a new one. And yay for still losing.

CC you have tech overload!!! Such a pain to try to figure that stuff out. There are never any directions. I feel your pain. I am lucky DH is into that stuff but occasionally he is stumped and then he gets really cranky. My brother calls it tech fatigue. Anyway glad your dad is doing ok. Hoping that continues.

Hmmmm Peps that cholesterol number does not sound bad at all. Did they at least do blood sugar? What passes for an annual physical these days seems to be just fog a mirror. And maybe I am a bad influence but I say buy all the new suits you want!! After you retire you will not buy new clothes much anymore. Enjoy little Bug while she is a pup. Missing puppies here.

Well my friends are showing up in August and have made a hotel reservation so it appears they understand that we don't do houseguests anymore. Looks like I will only have to be hostess for one day so I will survive.

Gallery duty tomorrow and DH gets another vein done. Have to jockey to make sure both electric cars are charged. His is in now. Buzz is on the driveway.

Diane S

I read The Yellow House. I've read more compelling and perhaps better organized memoirs (it felt a bit disjointed to me at times) but it was still a very good read, and gave a searing account of what happened to people during Katrina.

Yay for friends realizing you aren't running a hotel! It's so exhausting to have overnight guests, though one's adult kids aren't usually too difficult (maybe because they can always help themselves and don't want or require as much attention as friends).

Back home from La Crosse. Emma dog, even with meds, got pretty stressed with boarding and now has diarrhea. Poor doggy! Making chicken and rice to try and settle her belly.

We had a good time with my besties last night. Tapas restaurant never disappoints. I had cucumber slices with avocado, grilled shrimp and a sriracha aoili and two glasses of Riesling.

I'm pretty hungry today. Either the new dose isn't working as well for me or I didn't give myself the correct dose. Will for sure use the new vial on Sunday.

DC #1 will come over for dinner. I ate at 4 since I was so hungry! We are just having grilled ham and cheese so it won't be hard to make them theirs when they get off work at 6. DS#2 is coming over for the night with several friends. They will sleep over and then take off for Door County tomorrow (an annual birthday tradition for his best friend). I'll be making them all breakfast before they take off. Welcome to the Weber's Bed and Breakfast!

I did a good closet purge today. I realized that I've been maintaining now for almost 3 months. So far, knock on wood, it's been pretty easy, kind of like it was early on after surgery. But, of course, since my weight has fluctuated a great deal in the last 10 years, my closet was STUFFED with clothes in a wide variety of sizes. I decided to keep only one size up and only nicer quality things. So I was able to set aside quite a bit. I also decided to give away multiple pairs of beautiful stiletto shoes, which I have been keeping mostly to admire as art forms...finally admitted I just am not going to wear them anymore and someone should enjoy them!

Liz, I always now have a back up Kindle as I had one die on me once while on vacation and it was quite traumatic! Enjoy the new one.

Peps, wow, cholesterol of 164 is really good. They never do my A1C either...I guess they would if my fasting glucose were high. I second Diane--buy the new clothes!

CC, I feel your pain. I do the tech for us, too, and something always seems to be going wonky. But I don't have to run to a barn w/in 2 minutes!

Lizanne

I still have several pairs of stiletto shoes that I keep because they are so lovely. Some are vintage, because I bought them in 1980 when I was an exchange student in Brazil. One pair I will keep until I die: I was admiring these red, snakeskin pumps in a window while shopping with DH. He went home, looked in my shoes to see my size, returned to the store and bought them, and gave them to me for Christmas the first year we were married. Can't wear them anymore (my calves cramp), but I still love them.